MAURITANIA VS NICARAGUA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	NICARAGUA		MAURITANIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	3,788	4	1,636	+ 2,152
Kidney Disease	2	2,290	15	555	+ 1,735
Stroke	3	1,442	6	1,307	+ 135
Diabetes Mellitus	4	1,340	12	594	+ 746
Lung Disease	5	1,017	23	275	+ 743
Liver Disease	6	780	13	586	+ 194
Influenza and Pneumonia	7	746	1	2,756	- 2,009
Road Traffic Accidents	8	719	8	1,158	- 440
Hypertension	9	715	22	286	+ 429
Violence	10	401	16	491	- 90
Congenital Anomalies	11	370	10	665	- 295
Liver Cancer	12	330	21	312	+ 18
Low Birth Weight	13	317	2	2,014	- 1,697
Stomach Cancer	14	310	32	132	+ 177
Prostate Cancer	15	250	34	118	+ 132
Cervical Cancer	16	243	20	333	- 91
Other Injuries	17	232	19	343	- 111
Colon-Rectum Cancers	18	204	37	110	+ 95
Suicide	19	184	30	141	+ 43
Breast Cancer	20	183	28	189	- 6
Alcohol	21	181	58	16	+ 165
Falls	22	179	31	140	+ 39
Lung Cancers	23	178	44	60	+ 117
Leukemia	24	147	55	22	+ 125
Birth Trauma	25	128	7	1,204	- 1,076
Other Neoplasms	26	125	62	7	+ 117
Pancreas Cancer	27	115	51	39	+ 77
Endocrine Disorders	28	106	27	197	- 91
Lymphomas	29	106	43	65	+ 41
Malnutrition	30	106	17	462	- 357
Skin Disease	31	105	47	47	+ 57
Drownings	32	102	35	116	- 15
Alzheimers & Dementia	33	97	24	251	- 155
Inflammatory/Heart	34	90	36	110	- 20
HIV/AIDS	35	90	25	231	- 140
Diarrhoeal diseases	36	79	3	1,656	- 1,577
Tuberculosis	37	74	9	717	- 642
Asthma	38	68	29	170	- 102
Maternal Conditions	39	57	11	639	- 582
Peptic Ulcer Disease	40	55	38	83	- 28
Epilepsy	41	48	39	75	- 26
Parkinson's Disease	42	43	41	69	- 26
Oral Cancer	43	42	48	45	- 3
Ovary Cancer	44	40	49	43	- 4
Skin Cancers	45	38	46	50	- 12
Drug Use	46	33	40	71	- 39
Oesophagus Cancer	47	27	54	30	- 3
Uterin Cancer	48	25	57	17	+ 8
Appendicitis	49	21	60	9	+ 12
Rheumatoid Arthritis	50	20	64	4	+ 15
Meningitis	51	19	18	357	- 338
Bladder Cancer	52	18	50	42	- 24
Anemia	53	18	84	0	+ 18
Rheumatic Heart Disease	54	13	52	34	- 21
Poisonings	55	11	42	67	- 56
Prostatic Hypertrophy	56	11	80	0	+ 11
Fires	57	11	33	123	- 113
Encephalitis	58	7	53	33	- 27
Osteoarthritis	59	6	81	0	+ 6
Syphilis	60	6	26	204	- 198
Multiple Sclerosis	61	4	63	5	- 1
Hepatitis B	62	3	56	22	- 19
Oral conditions	63	3	82	0	+ 3
Dengue	64	3	73	0	+ 3
Chagas disease	65	3	78	0	+ 3
Schizophrenia	66	2	86	0	+ 2
Pertussis	67	2	14	574	- 572
Hepatitis C	68	1	67	3	- 2
Ascariasis	69	1	66	3	- 2
War	70	0	70	2	- 1
Leprosy	71	0	77	0	+ 0
Upper Respiratory	72	0	68	3	- 2
Iodine Deficiency	73	0	76	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	74	0	71	0	- 0
Otitis Media	75	0	72	0	+ 0
Leishmaniasis	76	0	69	2	- 2
Diphtheria	77	0	65	3	- 3
Measles	78	0	61	9	- 9
Tetanus	79	0	45	58	- 58
Hookworm Disease	80	0	74	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	81	0	75	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	82	0	79	0	- 0
Malaria	83	0	5	1,423	- 1,423
Schistosomiasis	84	0	59	14	- 14
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	85	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	83	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to MAURITANIA

Nicaragua

Mauritania

THE INTELLECTUAL EXERCISE

The point of this intellectual exercise is to measure what would happen if two countries shared the same leading causes of death. To make these comparisons possible we equalized the population and used total deaths for each country's top 10 causes to simulate an "Exchange." Use the chart on the left to sort by the country name and use the summary plus and minus column to measure the differences in total deaths.

Life Expectancy statistics are calculated the same way everywhere in the world, but what we die from can be very different depending upon where we live. Despite these differences, with rare exception, the top 10 causes of death for any given country will represent between 70-80% of their total deaths. This is an intellectual exercise only, not a comparison of which country is healthier or to challenge existing life expectancy rankings. If you prefer to see total deaths for over 80 causes and choose your own countries to compare go here: https://www.globallifeexpectancy.com/world-rankings-total-deaths

ABOUT OUR DATA

All meaningful comparisons between countries should be made using the same data source and year. The most reliable source for International comparisons is the World Health Organization because it is standardized for cross cultural comparisons. It is also reviewed annually, which often makes it more current than individual country data that can take years to compile. The WHO data includes individual country "projections," that are calculated based upon an annual consultation with each country before it is published. There are differences however, such as WHO data separates different forms of heart disease and cancer and combines Alzheimer's with Dementia. In this top 10 comparison WHO data for both countries was used.